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A rhetoric of argument

This composition text focuses on argument and persuasion using examples, exercises, readings, and writing assignments. The text guides students through developing a thesis, finding and organizing evidence, and writing and revising several different types of argumentative papers. The second edition de-emphasizes the language of formal logic, and all the readings, examples, and exercises have been updated. Additional coverage has been given to refutation. Widely used in both advanced composition and second semester freshman courses.Read more...

Instructor's introduction: what kind of argument text is this? --
1. Motives for Argument --
2. What We Do Not Argue About ---
PART ONE: WHAT IS IT?. 3. Claims About the Nature of Things --
4. Analyzing Statements About the Nature of Things --
5. The Essential Definition --
6. How to Define --
7. More Arguments About the Nature of Things: Comparisons and Disjunctions --
8. Verification in Argument ---
PART TWO: HOW DID IT GET THAT WAY? 9. The Kinds of Causes --
10. The Tactics of Causal Argument --
11. Precision and Prediction ---
PART THREE: IS IT GOOD OR BAD? 12. Evaluation ---
PART FOUR: WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT I? 13. The Proposal: Arguing About What Should Be Done ---
PART FIVE: WHAT EVERY ARGUMENT NEEDS. 14. The Indispensable Refutation --
15. Accommodation.

Abstract:

Focusing on argument and persuasion using examples, exercises, readings, and writing assignments, this text guides students through developing a thesis, finding and organizing evidence, and writing and revising several different types of argumentative papers. It de-emphasizes the language of formal logic. It also contains a coverage on refutation.Read more...